THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND, JULY 27, 1919.
WHAT HO! STEPHENS
SALIENT SIX IS HERE
BEHOLD THE STEPHENS SALIENT SIX AND THE BRIGHT YOUNG MEN WHO WILL HANDLE IT IN
THIS TERRITORY.
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OR D A H
Weil-Known Car Taken by New
Automobile Firm.
LOW GAS RECORD IS HELD
C. E. Hamilton and John A. Leather
5 Ian Form Hamilton-! eather
man Motor Company.
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y MS one of three orca models and two A
:; -df-. closed models In which this classy ear :
A'-':,' --'-ho. tsmade. Below ( At left) C. E. Ham. ,A : tew.
tt' ' lton, formerly retail dealer here for 1
flfW'i;. " , Halted States tlrea.aadat rlgkt)Joka "7' iV ' - V 7
I v ' A. Leatkenua, who reeeatly realicaed V" i. i " " : ' ' ' ' '.jr
i ' - f', ' . auwer of the Portland branch of X" f p i' s : .
' ' ' the Goodyear Tire dt Rubber eompaay ;-.-' j -i :
I to form with Mr. Hamilton the Ham- A (f. y
N', .. . i . J llton-Leatherman Motor company.
John A. Leatherman, for the past
four years manager of the Portland
branch of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber
company, and C. E. Hamilton, until re
cently Portland dealer for United States
tires, have formed the Hamllton
Leatherman Motor company and have
been made distributors in the Oregon
territory for the Stephens Salient six.
Though it has not before been repre
sented in Oregon, this is a long-established
car made by a long-established
house. It is manufactured by the
Moline Plow company, which was in
the farm implement business a good
many years before such things as auto
mobiles even existed in the world.
Since it began the manufacture of
the Stephens Salient six seven years
ago this old firm has handled the auto
mobile end of its business on the same
principle that for so long governed its
farm implement business that each
car must be so built that the whole
reputation of the house could safely be
staked on the reliability of the product.
Many of Them in West.
The Stephens Salient six Is well
known all along the Pacific coast, with
the sole exception of Oregon, and here
It is well known by reputation. It has
been represented for a long time in
California and in Washington. There
are many Stephens owners in both, these
states.
In the recent Yosemite-Camp Curry
run in California, an annual reliability
contest of national fame, the Stephens
entry distinguished itself by winning
first place as the most economical user
of gasoline in class B, medium priced
cars. It averaged 21.4 miles per gallon
and beat all water-cooled cars In any
class by five ton-miles, according to the
official rating.
Among the particular features of the
Stephens are its powerful motor, made
In the Moline factory, and its bodies
and painting. The Moline Plow com
pany has been making coaches for
J ears, and all bodies for Stephens cars
are made in its own shops. These bpdies
are noted for their distinctive lines and
for their conveniences for passengers.
The Stephens comes in five models,
three of which are open and two closed.
The open models, each with Its dis
tinctive body, are two-passenger road
ster, four-passenger and six-passenger.
The closed models include five-passenger
Eedan and four-passenger coupe.
Present Quarters Temporary.
Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Leatherman re
ceived their first carload of Stephens
cars from the factory a couple of weeks
ago, but at that time they hadn't been
able to obtain a suitable location, so
warehoused the cars till they could
get a place. 1
With the removal of the Diamond T
Truck eales agency from its quarters
at 330 Burnside, between Broadway and
Kixth. to a new building in Ninth near
Flanders. Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Lea
therman obtained the Burnside-street
salesroom as a temporary location. So
S30 Burnside will be temporary head
quarters for the Stephens Salient six
until ft is permanently located in auto
mobile row.
Among the attractive points about
the Stephens is the care taken in small
features often neglected by motor-car
builders, but which have much to do
with motoring comfort. For example.
Instead of being hid away under a seat,
the tools are easily accessible in a com
partment in one of the front doors. The
other front door has a compartment
specially made for toilet articles tootfi
brushes, whisk, hair brushes, and the
like.
In the back of the front seat is an
other compartment with lock for stow
ing robes.
The Stephens has long, resilient three
quarter elliptic springs, which make it
easy riding. The upholstery is of real
leather, and the bodies are all specially
painted jobs. It has Borg & Beck
clutch and other standard units.
HERE'S RUN TO TILLAMOOK
(Continued From First Paje.)
ment and state are doing their duty.
With the nine-mile stretch through the
Grand Ronde so long marring the run
to Tillamook at any time of year, you
really have to in-oke imagination to
realize that this fine boulevard con
ttruction can actually be in the Grand
Ronde.
If the contractors can get enough
men, a labor shortage being one of
their chief troubles, they expect to have
this road entirely completed through
the reservation by October or early
November. Then will be removed the
last bar to all-year highway into Tilla
mook. Cordnroy and Rongh Dirt.
But at present, these strips of new
road between the town of Grand Ronde
and the lower end of the reservation
are only a small part of it. The re
mainder of this seven miles is bad
Corduroy, with big holes between the
puncheons, or very rough dirt. There
are several short detours, down ravines
or through the woods.
Except for being rough, though, it
Is entirely passable. The creek already
mentioned is near the lower end of the
reservation. All along here rapid prog
ress is being made on the new grade
and as new sections are rocked and
rolled that much bad road is eliminated.
Several road rollers are at work. On
this account, each week from now on
should bring improvement in the res
ervation road as a whole.
The old road is probably rougher
even than a year or so ago, if that'
possible, due to its use by many heavy
trucks hauling rock.
5. Three Rivers project. From the
end of the Sour Grass into Hebo, four
miles, there is 'more new construction.
Pretty rough, but otherwise no hin
lrance to travel. No detours as yet.
6. Hemlock-Beaver section. For five
miles thl3 road is being prepared for
paving with bithulithic. Though some
what torn up fast time can be made
over this section.
All the rest of the road between Port
land and Tillamook is in first-class con
dition. The only really bad stretch Is
that through the lower end of the Grand
Ronde, and it Is not a great deal worse
at that than the road between "Van
couver, Wash., and Kalama on the Pa
cific highway, particularly along the
&lartin's Bluff section.
Little Crashed Rock.
When it can be traveled at midnight,
it certainly should not frighten out any
reasonably experienced motorist by
daylight. Many cars are now travel
ing it, and they all get through.
There is some crushed rock on these
various sections where new construction
Is under way, but not a great deaL All
told, not more than a mile and a half
of it.
To drive to Tillamook under present
load conditions, from six to eight hours
should be figured. The Chevrolet, be
ing brand neT7, was not driven over
25 miles an hour at any time, and the
run to Tillamook at night took about
seven hours and a half, including a
stop for dinner. Despite Its newness,
the little roadster climber grades on
high like a veteran.
From Tillamook it is 14 miles, about
35 minutes' run, over fine road with
plenty of scenic features to Barview,
the nearest point on the1 beaches, and
about four miles further to Rockaway,
with Watseco, Ocean Lake, Twin Rocks,
Elmore Park and Salt Air In between.
Now that the war is over the beaches
are beginning to hum with life again.
Many persons are there this season.
Following is a log of the run from
Portland to Tillamook and the beaches:
00.0 Oregronlan building". Portland. Fol
low Sixth street and Terwiiliser boule
vard to Capital highway.
9 Detour oft highway into Kewberf ever
gravel road.
2.2 Kewberg. Follow West Side highway.
SO. 3 Detour to left. One mils of detour
bad. remainder good.
32.8 Rejoin highway.
35.2 Dayton. Straight ahead.
37.4 Turn left to McMlnnvlIle.
42.0 McMinnville. Here necessary to take
detour road to get on mam highway
to Sheridan, due to construction. De
tour dusty, poorly Mgned and easy to
lose. Rejo'ns main road about mils
and a half out.
57.0 Sheridan. Set speedometer at sera.
00.0 Bakery at Sheridan. Straight ahead
lor Tillamook. Road good.
4.T Wlllamina. Turn left over bridge at
fork-
5.1 Butler, at entrance to Grand Ronds
reservation. Road good to here. Fair
from Butler to Grand Ronde agency,
some new construction, much dust.
14. Grand Ronde agency. Very dusty.
15.0 Nearly mile of fine, new macadam
road. Then stretch or very rougn roaa,
followed by nearly two miles fairly
good In the main.
19. a Bad road begins. Very rough, seme
corduroy with deep noies oeiween
puncheons, rough dirt, steep pitches.
Much of 2.6 miles In this condition -has
to be taken in Intermediate. Road
partly over new grade, which is
good, but mainly over old road, with
several detours. Near lower efia of
reservation creek to be forded when I
crews are working new grade. I
21. T End of Grand Ronde. beginning of
Sour Grass section. first-class roaa.
8 End of Sour Grass. Enter Three Rivers
section, four miles quite rough, new
construction in progress. Also one
mile new construction just oat of Hebo,
remainder of road fair.
37.5 Hebo. Good road to Beaver.
.5 Beaver, -hew construction prepara
tory to paving for five miles to Hem
lock, but road very fair and good
time can be made.
4T.3 Hemlock. Road good rest of way to
Tillamook and beaches.
50.4 Pavement to Tillamook.
58.6 Tillamook. 115.6 miles from Port
land.. For Deacnes. go straignt aneaa.
Road good ail the way around Tilla
mook bay.
65.5 Bay City.
72.0 Bar View.
74.0 Ocean Lake.
74.2 Twin Rocka,
74.6 Salt Air.
75.2 Rockaway.
Inserting Tabes.
In Inserting the tubes In giant pneu
matic tires as used on trucks today, it
is particularly necessary to see that
the flap is evenly distributed around
the circumference of the tire. It may
seem to be too short at first glance,
but after it has been smoothed down
firmly it will lie so that its base is in
line with the base of the beads of the
tire.
JEW RULES DF THE
CAIiirORXIA REVISES
VEHICLE LAWS.
MOTOR
Lighting' Regulations Are Especially
etrlng-ent, and Joy Riders Go
to the Penitentiary.
The homo Industry league of Cali
fornia has adopted this slogan In
launching its movement for enforcing
ordinance regulations: "Cross at Cross
ings, and Do Your Dreaming at Home."
Assemblyman Eksward. father of the
motor vehicle act, which has just gone
into effect, expounds the salient points
of the new law In a compact manner.
Here they are:
"Jay walkers" (persona who cross the
streets between blocks) will bo prose
cuted. When cars tre sold there will be no
refund of state license money. The
buyer and seller must adjust that be
tween themselves.
Plates must be changed annually,
but when a number is once affixed to a
car it cannot be changed. The regis
tration year begins February 1 of each
year instead of January 1.
No machine can be wrecked or dis
mantled without notifying tho police,
or, in a county, the sheriff.
The glare-must come'oilt'of bead
lights. This is to be done by requiring
manufacturers to put their Deadlights
through an official test.
Men under the influence of liquor or
drugs who drive machines are liable to
from six months to one year In Jail, and
from $50 to 11000 fine.
If a driver of an automobile or track
cannot see to the rear, he must have
a mirror in front, which will enable
him to do so.
"Joy riders" who "borrow" machines
will be liable to from one to five years
,u ma pemienuarf.
On a clear road the maximum speed
for motors- is 35 miles an hour.
CAMPING OUT SAVES COIN
HTDSON OffXEB HAS IIGHT
EXPENSES OJf IXJXG TRIP.
Bulb Replacer. '
It Is possible to make a very satis
factory electric light bulb replacer by
fastening four stiff wires on the end
of a broom handle in such a way that
they form a sort of hand, which slips
over the bulb, without injuring it.
There should be enough spring in the
wires to enable the operator to turn
the bulb in either direction in the
socket.
Don't try racing with a commercial
car; your truck was built for strength.
not speed.
a dyed-in-the-wool Hudson fan. He
and bis wife camped out on their trip,
and fished at promising streams en
route and in Yellowstone park.
"We had all the fish wo could eat."
said Mr. Hart. "It doesn't take an
experienced hand to catch 'em in Yel
lowstone. It's the finest fishing in
the world.
"If one camps out. the trip to Yel
lowstone is not expensive. We fig
ured, including gasoline and oil, only
7 a day for the two of us."
SEE HOOD RIVER VALLEY NOW
Highway Likely to Be Closed Within
Next Few Weeks.
HOOD RIVER, Or, July 28. (Spe
cial.) Portland motorists planning
tours of the orchard districts this sum
mer are advised to make their trips
soon. In view of the announcement
of S. Benson, chairman of the state
highway commission, that the Columbia
river highway between here ana as
cade Locks will be entirely closed to
traffic when It becomes necessary to
expedite construction work, it is likely
that the route will be closed within the
next few weeks.
The earlier the tourist visits the
Hood River valley the better he will
f'nd local county highways. With funds
exhausted by unexpected heavy ex
pense, work has been discontinued on
the county's thoroughfares and they
will grow rougher as the season pro
gresses. The highways are lnatr shape
at present. The mountain roads are
always better in the earlier season, that
Is. if the summer is without rainfall.
As the season advances dust becomes
a trying annoyance.
While work on the new two-mile
grade of the Columbia river highway
between Hood river and Ruthton hill
has been retarded the past week by
labor troubles, the old link of the high
way may be blocked at any time. The
county is preparing to divert traffic
through roads of the Frankton and
Belmont districts. Bridges are 'beinsr
From Across the Sea
That dreary monotony of line
and color created by blind imit
ation inspired Jordan to seek a
new design from across the sea.
And the new Silhouette fresh
with the inspiration of France
full of the suggestion of coming
styles, heralds the new and marks
the passing of the old.
Like the charming woman of
today it is a little more slender
more chic more gay.
The hood with twenty-nine
louvers is just a trifle higher,
with slanting 6port.type windshield.
The body is just a trifle lower,
with deep, soft-cushioned seats
resting almost on the floor.
Doors are wide-opening.'
Mouldings are rectangular.
There is a new French angle at
the dash. The top edge is .re
freshingly flat without the
slightest trace of beveL
Top is as caref ully tailored as a
woman's hat. Artistic hard
ware. Patented noiseless spring
shackles. Cord tires. Furnished
in Brewster Green or Burgundy
Old Wine for either four or
five passengers.
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co.
Broadway at Oak St.
JORDAN MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND. OHIO
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straightened
smoothed up.
and the valley routes
Car Average 15.5 Miles Per Gal
Ion of Gas and Costs Not '
Cent tor Repairs.
A trip of 4904 miles through Oregon
Washington, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming
and Yellowstone park in a Hudson
speedster without expenditure of a
cent for repairs and averaging 15.5
miles to the gallon of gasoline, is the
little mark for other motorists to shoot
at Just established by J. H. Hart of
Portland.
Mr. Hart and his wife left Portland
May 17 and returned last- Sunday.
They journeyed . to Yellowstone via
Pendleton, Boise, Twin Falls, Ogden,
Rode Springs, Caspar, Gray Bull and
Cody, Wyo. They spent two days and
a naif in the park.
They returned by tho Yellowstone
entrance on the western side via Idaho
Falls, and over the same route traveled
to the park. t
Mr. Hart kept a careful account of
his gasoline mileage. On the whole
trip he used 200.5 gallons, which is
about 15.5 to the gallon, according to
his figuring.
This is Mr. Hart's second Hudson
speedster and his 17th car, and he is
MASTER
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"Master of the Load on Any Road
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12-ton Worm Gear.. imim. 2090
2 -ton Internal Gear 2390
2 -ton Worm Gear 2590
314-ton Worm Gear....,. 3890
5 . -ton Worm Gear.. . 4890
: Prices f . o. b. Factory
Oregon Motor Car Co.
Distributors .
PARK AND DAVIS STREETS
' Change Tires Often.
For the man who wants to get maxi
mum mileage from his tires the habit
of using a spare tire to afford regular
changes, beginning at the right front
and progressing around tho car. Is a
valuable one to form.
Flashlight Holder.
Many motorists carry a flashlight In
their cars, and this little piece of equip
trtent is extremely valuable for emer
gency use. It is an excellent idea to
attach two clamps of appropriate size
to the dash under the hood to hold this
flashlight. In this way the operator
always knows where to look for the
lamp when he needs It and saves him
self the trouble of pawing through the
tool box for it.
Auto Tnbe Cnder Hudson.
The governors of New Jersey and
New York have signed bills authorising
that -work be started at once on a
tube under the Hudson river to be
restricted to foot and vehicular traf
fic It is'estlmated that the tube will
cost $13,000,000 and will take from
three to five years to build, and that
within SO years the tolls chargaa ve
hicles using it will have paid tor Its
construction,
Tractors for the World.
Mora than J14.000 motor tractors for
farm use will be manufactured la the
United States this year, according to
the estimate of the department of ag
riculture. Ninety thousand of these
tractors, representing about $100,000.
000. will be sent abroad and will be
used to Increase the crop production
of nearly every country in the world.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
There are more than 3,000,000 Ford can In dally service throrrghont the world, and fully 80 of them
are Ford Touring Car. There arc many reasons for this, not the least of which is the airriplicrty and design
of the car, so easy to understand ; likewise it is easy to operate, and mighty Inexpensive compared to other
motor cars. The maintenance expense ia low, and it has won an unparalleled reputation for satisfactory
service during the past sixteen years. On the farm, in the city, for business and for family pleasure, it is
the car of the people, and the demand is increasing every day. Let us have your order promptly if you
want one. We can supply you with most everything in motor car accessories, and we assure you genuine
Ford Parts and skilled workmen in our repair service. .Leave your order with any of the dealers listed
below..
Francis Motor Car Go.
E. 13th and Hawthorne
v Palace Garage Qo.
12th and Stark
Wm. 1J. Hughson Co.
Broadway and Davis
Robinson-SmitH Co.
6th and Madison
Rushlight & Penney
E. 3d and Broadway
Talbot & Casey
E. Ankeny and Grand
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